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Is a tree into his next on booktv is a professor of law and Political Science at Yale University takes a look at the way geography impact in the way state constitutions have been shaped. [inaudible conversations] [applause] ladies and gentlemen welcome to the National Constitution center. I am president of this wonderful institution which has one or two of you may be aware is the only institution in America Charter by corporis to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonparti...

Satellite provider. This week on the communicators we talk with members of congress about legislature they are proposing and about technology and Communications Issues congress is debating. One of those issues is the patri patriot act. They have used that act to collect bulk phone data from americans and parts are set to expire june 1st. First up is Thomas Massie. Host representative Thomas Massie republican from kentucky but a republican from kentucky with a tech background. What is your backgr...

Guest that allows the federal government to search the content not just the metadata, but the content of your emails and phone calls. This amendment was offered last summer by zoe lofgren and myself, passed the house. A virtual vetoproof majority and was stripped out. So we came back and said lets offer this amendment again on the freedom act since we know its probably going to pass and itll become law lets try and get some real reforms in there. Unfortunately last night the rules committee deci...

Quorum call quorum call quorum call mr. Sessions mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from alabama. Mr. Sessions id ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Sessions mr. President well be soon voting on confirmation of mrs. Lynch to be the attorney general of the United States of america. That office is a part of the president s cabinet but it also is an office that is the chief law officer for america and it the top ...

Their intent. I only ask them to think about the consequences to our greater goal. With that, mr. Chairman mr. President , i yield the floor. Mr. Corker mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from tennessee. Mr. Corker id like to ask unanimous consent in a moment but first i want to thank the distinguished senator from new jersey who has as much as anybody in this entire congressional body, both house and senate actually he and senator kirk, lead stalwarts on iran and without his effo...

Well, this hearing will come to order. First of all, let me welcome Justice Breyer and Justice Kennedy. Thank you for being here today. I know both of you have testified before our subcommittee in times past and we appreciate you coming back and being with us here again today. We all look forward to this time to have an exchange. Not often does the legislative branch and Judicial Branch get to talk to each other, so we look forward to that. I think all of us know that a fair and impartial judici...

All our states are hit by the slew of proposed epa rules aimed squarely at the fossil fuel industry and folks that work in that industry. I would like to highlight a letter from the governor of wyoming to the epa administrator on april 28th i ask that letter be entered into the record, madam chairman. In this letter the governor highlights a study by the center for Energy Economics and Public Policy at university of wyoming entitled impact of the coal economy on wyoming published february of thi...

Been given one year, thats a very real problem. But there are real costs being expended by the states and also i believe this administration is not interested whether the rule is finalized so long as the marketplace moves away from them. If coal fired power plants have to be retired quicker than baseline, then theyre going to accomplish the goal, even if this regulation never is upheld in courts. Thank you i want to follow up on this. Ill wait until the second round. Senator markey. Thank you ma...

Wellness and health, there are many slices to the pie. Focusing on the Health Sector alone is not sufficient, one has to think about the economic sector and we talked about this, economy, education, the physical environment, climate. And also remembering social history and how that influences the way the people respond to current challenges. So the u. S. Proposed project under the Arctic Council was called reducing the incidence of suicide in indigenous groups, or rising sun. The context for thi...

This week with George Stephanopoulos begins now. And we have lots to get to this morning. New developments in that amtrak crash, the fbi on the case. But first that daring Delta Force Raid deep inside syria, they set out to capture abu sayyaf, he was killed in the fire fight but u. S. Forces did capture his wife and key intelligence and terry moran reporting onnen the raid and terry, this was a risky operation. Reporter it certainly was, good morning george it was highrisk operations sending the...